Worth Buying?

[𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔞 ✝]

Will this game teach me how to code, hack, etc?

[Anrock]

Not really. There's almost 0 hand holding and tutorials here.

[Iorwerth ap Dderwen Wyllt]

This might be a hot take, but I think it is, the game has an in-game manual and it's not the worst. There's also a great guide on steam called the hackers handbook that tells you everything you need to know to get started.

I started the year being unable to code, but I started playing Bitburner and learnt quite a bit of JavaScript, I've used what I learnt there to jump into making my own scripts in this game and the transition was pretty simple.

The best way to learn is to just tear apart existing scripts work out what each line is doing, work out what does what and then take those bits and copy and paste them into your own script. Once you've slapped together a frankenscript that works start from scratch and try to build it from the ground up.

But there is one secret ingredient I haven't mentioned, ChatGPT, not to generate code or scripts for me, I've been using it as a personal tutor, if I couldn't work out what a line of code did, I'd give it to ChatGPT and ask it to explain it to me. If I had a bug in my code that I couldn't find on my own I'd have it take a look at my code.

When I've finished my script and got it working, I'd have ChatGPT take a look at it and tell me how I could have done it better or have it set me a goal that would have me re-write something so that I could practice a new concept that it taught me.

Games like this won't teach you to hack, but they will teach you the basic concepts of coding, they'll teach you how to solve problems, and how to build scripts to automate repetitive tasks.

It won't teach you how to become a hacker, but it will teach you how to make hacking you harder, there's some great concepts around security that are baked into the game. Programming isn't necessary in the game, as it provides you with scripts and the community has built plenty, but if you enjoy problem solving and really want to learn how to program then the game is a great opportunity to get started.

I do recommend using ChatGPT as a personal tutor though, it's a great tool that can teach you basic concepts and how to implement them, and unlike an online course you can ask it questions when and if you get stuck.

[𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔞 ✝]

Originally posted by Iorwerth ap Dderwen Wyllt:

This might be a hot take, but I think it is, the game has an in-game manual and it's not the worst. There's also a great guide on steam called the hackers handbook that tells you everything you need to know to get started.

I started the year being unable to code, but I started playing Bitburner and learnt quite a bit of JavaScript, I've used what I learnt there to jump into making my own scripts in this game and the transition was pretty simple.

The best way to learn is to just tear apart existing scripts work out what each line is doing, work out what does what and then take those bits and copy and paste them into your own script. Once you've slapped together a frankenscript that works start from scratch and try to build it from the ground up.

But there is one secret ingredient I haven't mentioned, ChatGPT, not to generate code or scripts for me, I've been using it as a personal tutor, if I couldn't work out what a line of code did, I'd give it to ChatGPT and ask it to explain it to me. If I had a bug in my code that I couldn't find on my own I'd have it take a look at my code.

When I've finished my script and got it working, I'd have ChatGPT take a look at it and tell me how I could have done it better or have it set me a goal that would have me re-write something so that I could practice a new concept that it taught me.

Games like this won't teach you to hack, but they will teach you the basic concepts of coding, they'll teach you how to solve problems, and how to build scripts to automate repetitive tasks.

It won't teach you how to become a hacker, but it will teach you how to make hacking you harder, there's some great concepts around security that are baked into the game. Programming isn't necessary in the game, as it provides you with scripts and the community has built plenty, but if you enjoy problem solving and really want to learn how to program then the game is a great opportunity to get started.

I do recommend using ChatGPT as a personal tutor though, it's a great tool that can teach you basic concepts and how to implement them, and unlike an online course you can ask it questions when and if you get stuck.

Thanks! I'm not planning on becoming a hacker or anything like that, lol. Just wish to learn coding, etc in case I decide to work with IT in the future.

[Bl4ckC4t]

I think this game is great, if you already know some coding and wish to do some fun practice projects, but idk how great it is if you have 0 experience. The game doesn't really have specific 'coding' tasks, but if you at least have some idea of what you could code and what not, you can very easily get tons of ideas for things to automate in the game, scripts for scanning, exploiting, protection, etc.